2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania

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All 18 Pennsylvania seats to the United States House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Last election 5 13
Seats before 6 12
Seats won 9 9
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 3
Popular vote 2,712,665 2,206,260
Percentage 55.03% 44.75%
Swing Increase 9.33% Decrease 9.16%

The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania were held on November 6, 2018, to elect the 18 U.S. representatives from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, one from each of the state's 18 congressional districts.

The elections coincided with the 2018 gubernatorial election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.

In January 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down the state's congressional map, ruling it had been unfairly gerrymandered to favor Republicans. New maps were subsequently adopted in February 2018.[1][2]

The 2018 general election saw the Democrats gain four seats and the Republicans gain one seat, for a Democratic net gain of three seats, changing the state's representation from 12 to 6 Republican to a 9–9 tie. In addition, Pennsylvanians in several districts elected female candidates to the U.S. House, thus ending four years of all-male Congressional representation in the state.[3]

  1. ^ Grofman, Bernard; Cervas, Jonathan R. (2018). "Can State Courts Cure Partisan Gerrymandering: Lessons from League of Women Voters v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (2018)". Election Law Journal. 17 (4): 264–285. doi:10.1089/elj.2018.0496.
  2. ^ Mears, Bill (February 19, 2018). "Pennsylvania Supreme Court issues new congressional map, which could benefit Dems". Fox News. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  3. ^ Levy, Marc; Scolforo, Mark (November 7, 2018). "Democrats win US House seats, races for governor, US Senate". Chicago Tribune. Associated Press. Retrieved January 11, 2022. Mary Gay Scanlon, Madeleine Dean, Susan Wild and Chrissy Houlahan stand to become the first women from Pennsylvania to serve full terms in Congress since 2014